Well, that was … something.
Six hours into the NBA’s official free agency period—and this is where we point out the laughability of the “official” free agency period and plead with the NBA to apply common sense, rearrange its financial calendar and move the start of free agency to before the draft—and virtually all of the top-20 free agents were off the board.
Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving are headed to Brooklyn, set to (eventually) form one of the NBA’s most talented, albeit volatile, lineups.
D’Angelo Russell is bound for Golden State, stunning the Timberwolves—who believed they had Russell in the bag—to sign a four-year, max-level contract to be Stephen Curry’s running buddy with the Warriors.